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Asheville Joins Occupy Wall Street
2011-10-02 04:04:00 http://imageasheville.com/2011/10/occupy- wall-street-asheville-day-one/ You should be following this. You should be a part of it, as much as you are able. Go look and see if there’s a protest in your area. Don’t say it won’t make a difference. Every person who shows up, even for part of a day, makes a difference. More About: Wall Street , Street , Wall
What Does ?I Like It? Mean?
2010-11-06 19:24:00 Look…I work in website design. I understand “social media” as much as any socially incompetent, RPG-playing, XKCD-following, yes-I-have-a-Spock-fetish girl can possibly be expected to. But, can we be honest here? I am flummoxed by the ‘I like it” phenomenon. I think we can blame Facebook for this one, but it’s spawned well beyond the realms of ...
RE: Divorce Agreement
2010-08-09 06:02:00 I just received a forwarded email (copied in the first comment) from a representative of Conservative America, offering terms of settlement for divorce. As it came to me, I reckon I am a fit delegate to respond to the offer. My response is as follows: Dear American Conservatives, righties, social retardists, despots, fascists, and Palin supporters, ... More About: Divorce
What Does The GOP Stand To Gain?
2010-03-28 22:33:00 In the last few days, there has been a rash of reports commenting on the Republican Party’s apparent embrace of violent terminology. You can read about it lots of places, but in case you somehow missed it, here’s an example. So there appears to be a trend, not necessarily amongst all Republicans (I still ...
Growing Into Wonder
2009-10-21 22:41:00 I hate surprises. It doesn’t matter whether they are good or bad, I prefer to know what is coming at me, so I can prepare myself to make the best of it or decide in advance whether fight or flight is the better option. I have known in advance what I was getting ... More About: Growing
Open Letter To MoveOn
2009-10-03 05:10:00 Dear MoveOn, A year and a half ago, you asked me to choose which Presidential candidate MoveOn, as an organization representative of my beliefs, should support and promote. I chose Barack Obama, as did many other MoveOn members. So many, in fact, that he received your endorsement for the Presidency; support which undoubtedly had ... More About: Open , Letter , Open Letter
Obsession, Art, and Would You Please Lend A Hand, Mister (so I win this dam
2009-03-20 16:57:00 photo by mogmismo Walls have taken over my life. It’s disconcerting and it’s creepy and I don’t know how to undo it. I used to just live inside them, walk beside them, only really paying attention when they were sporting some nice graffiti. These days even plain, grey walls pop out like clown masks ... More About: Musings , Obsession , Hand , Lend
A Crazy Idea
2009-03-09 04:21:00 photo by mogmismoIt’s been a while since I wrote. There are a lot of reasons why, but the best one is that I didn’t feel I had anything new to say. I didn’t just not write here, I didn’t write. Some of you will understand what that’s like. To not write ... More About: Musings , Crazy , Idea , Asheville
Something You Need To Know
2008-11-02 20:16:00 I know there are a million issues we all worry about every day. It gets hard to decide where to put your time and money (if you have it to spare). Should you rescue the whales or the cheetahs? Should you support organizations fighting for your rights or the rights of others, ... More About: World News
Note To Presidential Candidates: Grow Up
2008-10-08 05:33:00 I have a few words for Senators Obama and McCain this evening. Dear Sirs, I watched the Presidential candidate debate tonight, as did far too many of my fellow Americans. Each one of us wasted an hour and a half of our lives (an hour and a half, may I note, that we could have been cutting ... More About: Note , Candidates , Grow
People of the World: Please Stop
2008-06-10 23:18:00 Yesterday I found myself explaining a curious thing to my son. He was wondering why H.P. Lovecraft wasn’t the most famous horror-writerAbandon All Hope ever, and I explained that he was a little too “out there” to ever garner a larger readership, until recently (admittedly, I suspect his readership is still not huge, but ... More About: People , World , The World , Stop
People of the World: Please Stop
2008-06-10 23:18:00 Yesterday I found myself explaining a curious thing to my son. He was wondering why H.P. Lovecraft wasn’t the most famous horror-writer ever, and I explained that he was a little too “out there” to ever garner a larger readership, until recently (admittedly, I suspect his readership is still not huge, but it’s growing). ... More About: People , World , The World , Stop
A Quick Word On Burkhas
2008-05-17 05:09:00 OK…so I’m a bit drunk. But tonight’s surfing brought me to a story of some girl who got arrested for her “too revealing” prom dress, and then an assortment of Hollywood “gaffes” wherein some starlet or other showed too much nipple, and finally I was compelled to do a search for “men burkhas” which, ... More About: Word , Musings , Quick
A Quick Word On Burkhas
2008-05-17 05:09:00 OK…so I’m a bit drunk. But tonight’s surfing brought me to a story of some girl who got arrested for her “too revealing” prom dress, and then an assortment of Hollywood “gaffes” wherein some starlet or other showed too much nipple, and finally I was compelled to do a search for “men burkhas” which, ... More About: Word , Musings , Quick
Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
2008-04-28 17:34:00 One might think that in an evolved, educated, first-world nation, the issue of “sex ed” would have been settled long ago. After all, what could be more important than teaching children about their own bodies, and encouraging each individual to make responsible choices when it comes to reproduction? And yet, the debate continues to ... More About: Education , Birth , Sex Education
Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
2008-04-28 17:34:00 One might think that in an evolved, educated, first-world nation, the issue of “sex ed” would have been settled long ago. After all, what could be more important than teaching children about their own bodies, and encouraging each individual to make responsible choices when it comes to reproduction? And yet, the debate continues to ... More About: Education , Birth , Sex Education
Elevenish Ways To Kill A Peep
2008-03-23 05:25:00 So, it’s Easter/Ostara/Spring Equinox/whateveryoucallit, and as usual the stores are full of symbolic representations of our gratitude for new life. Pastels, chocolate eggs, and the persistent Peeps. Yes, the gooey marshmallow “treats” which line up in their neat little rows behind their cellophane windows to peer blankly out into the world through their ...
Elevenish Ways To Kill A Peep
2008-03-23 05:25:00 So, it’s Easter/Ostara/Spring Equinox/whateveryoucallit, and as usual the stores are full of symbolic representations of our gratitude for new life. Pastels, chocolate eggs, and the persistent Peep s. Yes, the gooey marshmallow “treats” which line up in their neat little rows behind their cellophane windows to peer blankly out into the world through their ... More About: Kill
Bringing Back the Stocks
2008-02-25 17:49:00 Here in Asheville , NC, the police department is updating an ages-old concept in their attempts to discourage unwanted behaviour: public humiliation. As was recently announced, Asheville police have begun posting on their website and on the local television channel names and photographs of individuals charged with prostitution or soliciting for prostitution. Now read that again, ... More About: Stocks , Back
Bringing Back the Stocks
2008-02-25 17:49:00 Here in Asheville , NC, the police department is updating an ages-old concept in their attempts to discourage unwanted behaviour: public humiliation. As was recently announced, Asheville police have begun posting on their website and on the local television channel names and photographs of individuals charged with prostitution or soliciting for prostitution. Now read that again, ... More About: Stocks , Back
Hillary?s ?Significance?
2008-02-14 18:08:00 Just who is significant? Photo by highkey11, creative commons licenseI’m pretty sure I want Barack Obama for President, but I could still change my mind. Granted, in order for that to happen Obama would have to do something which demonstrated that he does not intend to carry through with the promises in his proposed ... More About: Hillary , Significance
Off The Cuff: The New Frontier
2008-02-08 21:30:00 Presenting The CaseFor two days I have been writing about the concept of Revolution. I have mused on the general concept, and I have talked about what the first step in overhauling the current system has to be. If we are going to try for real change, however, we also have to agree ... More About: Frontier
Off The Cuff: The New Frontier
2008-02-08 21:30:00 Presenting The CaseFor two days I have been writing about the concept of Revolution. I have mused on the general concept, and I have talked about what the first step in overhauling the current system has to be. If we are going to try for real change, however, we also have to agree ... More About: Frontier
Off The Cuff: A Wave of Information
2008-02-07 18:06:00 Presenting The CaseYesterday, I was thinking about Revolution in general terms: what it means, what might be the goal of a modern revolution, what tools we have to hand. Today I am thinking we need to break it down a little smaller. Recently, I was arguing with a friend about whether ideology or ... More About: Information , Wave
Off The Cuff: A Wave of Information
2008-02-07 18:06:00 Presenting The CaseYesterday, I was thinking about Revolution in general terms: what it means, what might be the goal of a modern revolution, what tools we have to hand. Today I am thinking we need to break it down a little smaller. Recently, I was arguing with a friend about whether ideology or ... More About: Information , Wave
Off The Cuff: How Do You Start A Revolution?
2008-02-06 23:08:00 Presenting The CaseI am thinking a lot about the concept of revolution, these days. At this point, most people in the United States can agree that something has gone terribly wrong. We may disagree about when it started to go that way (my personal contention being “with Teddy Roosevelt”), or how far away ... More About: Start , Revolution
Off The Cuff: How Do You Start A Revolution?
2008-02-06 23:08:00 Presenting The CaseI am thinking a lot about the concept of revolution, these days. At this point, most people in the United States can agree that something has gone terribly wrong. We may disagree about when it started to go that way (my personal contention being “with Teddy Roosevelt”), or how far away ... More About: Start , Revolution
Beyond Race, Gender, and ?Experience?: The Real Reason To Vote For Obama
2008-02-05 18:23:00 As Super Tuesday is upon us, the arguments over which prospective Democratic candidate should be chosen has grown steadily more heated here in the United States. Along with the candidates themselves engaging in pointed sound-byte rhetoric (all of which seems to come down to Hillary’s “experience”, and the massive parcel of baggage that said ... More About: Gender , Race , Obama , Experience , Vote
Beyond Race, Gender, and ?Experience?: The Real Reason To Vote For Obama
2008-02-05 18:23:00 As Super Tuesday is upon us, the arguments over which prospective Democratic candidate should be chosen has grown steadily more heated here in the United States. Along with the candidates themselves engaging in pointed sound-byte rhetoric (all of which seems to come down to Hillary’s “experience”, and the massive parcel of baggage that said ... More About: Gender , Race , Obama , Experience , Vote
No Such Thing As False Hope
More articles from this author:2008-02-04 17:49:00 Just look at that crowd? ? Photo by roxannejomitchell?s photos, Creative Commons.I spent much of yesterday writing a carefully researched and documented essay comparing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, with the aim of demonstrating why the former was a better choice for President than the latter. As it sat this evening in not-quite-done ... More About: Hope , Thing 1, 2 |
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